Growing up in my neighborhood in Queens, New York, being a professional wrestling fan was not something you publicized. People considered it low class and trashy. But as a child, every Sunday I would visit my grandparent's house and I remember watching Sunday morning wrestling along with promos for their pay-Per-views, featuring Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Lex Luger, and Yokozuna to name a few stars of that era. That was my first exposure to the wrestling world, and I was immediately drawn into both the violence -- we lived in a (thankfully) safe neighborhood where there was rarely any fighting -- and the colorful characters -- we had colorful characters, but not THAT colorful. I didn't tell my parents, because I knew they'd freak out, and my grandparents either didn't know or didn't care what I was watching. FULL STORY

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Another WrestleMania is in the books, and it felt like one destined to be remembered as good but not great. That wasn't the fault of the talent, as everyone on the card worked their butts off as usual to entertain the 80,676 fans in attendance at MetLife Stadium. FULL STORY

It's been nearly 21 months since John Cena was last WWE Champion. At WrestleMania 29, he redeemed himself after the worst year of his career, pinning The Rock in the main event to once again become WWE Champion. But before that, The Undertaker kept The Streak alive by beating CM Punk in a show-stealing match. FULL STORY

WrestleMania 29: The Live Report
WrestleMania 29 is in the books. For your quick reference, the winners tonight were Cena, Del Rio, Undertaker, Triple H, The Shield, Mark Henry, Fandango, and Team Hell No are the winners so far. Our staff offered up their takes on the show, and in the recap, you will learn about the food in the press box, neighbouring fans, a wedding proposal and more! FULL STORY

LIVE: WrestleMania 29 Chat
Wrestling fans, join SLAM! Wrestling's live chat after WrestleMania 29 with staffers Matt Bishop and Nolan Howell. The chat will resume after the big show, at 11 p.m. Sign up for a reminder email! FULL STORY

It's the last Smackdown! before Wrestlemania, so don't expect much in terms of wrestling. These shows are usually chock full of recaps and last ditch efforts to get you to buy the show. And according to the info screen on my TV, we are going to get to see WWE Axxess. Josh Matthews and Jerry Lawler call the action, while Michael Cole and JBL are live at Axxess. FULL STORY